Aventura Ranks Firms for High School CMAR Construction Services | Aventura Commission

COMMUNITY IMPACT

Aventura residents will gain a new public high school built under a Construction Manager at Risk delivery model, which holds the contractor accountable to a guaranteed maximum price and reduces cost overruns for taxpayers. Families in the city can expect a defined path forward on a major educational facility that directly affects where local students attend school. Approval of the ranked firm list moves the project from planning into active contract negotiation and eventual construction.

PROFESSIONAL ANALYSIS

The CMAR procurement model requires the commission to formally rank responding firms before staff can enter into fee negotiations with the top-ranked candidate — a process governed by Florida's Consultants' Competitive Negotiation Act (CCNA), Section 287.055, F.S. Real estate and construction professionals should note that a public high school of this scale typically triggers significant subcontractor and supplier opportunities across Miami-Dade County, with design-build adjacent scopes covering civil, MEP, and structural trades. Legal teams representing any of the ranked firms should be prepared to move quickly into GMP negotiation once the commission adopts the ranking, as Florida statute requires good-faith negotiations to commence promptly. The commission action at this meeting is first-approval of the ranking, not award of a construction contract, meaning the GMP and final contract will return for a subsequent vote. The Signal: Construction and specialty subcontracting firms should immediately identify which prime CMAR candidate ranked highest and open relationship channels now, before GMP scope is locked.